How to build a computer

zekrahminator · Aug 3, 2006

Batou1986 · Sep 1, 2006

wow u literately built my computer i have the same case no side window same gfx card with same cooler same sound card only things that look different is the mobo which i assume is a gigabyte like mine only i got the ga-k8u 939 with agp and the hsf combo

anyway thats a damn good tut for people that dont know how and might even teach the ppl that do know a few things they didn't know :rockout:

zekrahminator · Sep 1, 2006

The motherboard's an ASRock 939Dual-SATA2...I'm glad you liked it!

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Dippyskoodlez · Sep 2, 2006

Very nice picture guide

Although I'm not sure about the static friendlyness of the floor mat..

However, I would prefer a wood desk

I' sure this will get quite a few views!

magibeg · Sep 2, 2006

This was a very well done and in depth guide. Its always good to read these things atleast once just to make sure your doing things right. (message to one of my friends... never use a magnetic tipped screwdriver)

Azn Tr14dZ · Sep 2, 2006

Great job! Very nice. I remember when you first got the idea to make this guide... :rolleyes:

Thanks for including me in the "Special Thanks".

-Azn

drade · Sep 2, 2006

Great Job! Thats just the basics for the hardware, Software would really help those though after this, I use to have a ton of software issue my first time....But other then that great review!

KennyT772 · Sep 2, 2006

props!

POGE · Sep 2, 2006

If your motherboard has a 20 pin connector and your PSU has a 24 pin connector (or vice versa). Just plug the connector in and it will work. The extra four pins are for additional power which might not be needed. Your system will still work fine.

No! Your system MIGHT work fine. Like you said, the extra four pins are for additional power which MIGHT not be needed. It might also need it to be stable! My DFI NF4 motherboard wont run stable without all 24 pins plugged in. It is okay to plug a 24 pin into a 20 pin, but not a 20 pin into a 24 pin... it might work sometime... MIGHT.

Azn Tr14dZ · Sep 2, 2006

20-pin to 24-pin MIGHT work, but lets say you overclock, you won't get a higher overclock as if you had 24-pin, stince it's there for stability. Also, if your motherboard has both 8-pin EPS 12v, and 24-pin, and you're only using 4-pin and 20-pin, it's not recommended to overclock.

POGE, do you have an SLI Bridge you don't use.

POGE · Sep 2, 2006

I have a home-made one. Its just a bunch of wires on a clip.

I dont think youll want it though, LOL.

Azn Tr14dZ · Sep 2, 2006

Does it actually work?

POGE · Sep 2, 2006

I havent tested it yet I made it back when I was planning on getting 7800gt's. It should work. It looks really fragile though...

W1zzard · Sep 2, 2006

Azn Tr14dZ said:
20-pin to 24-pin MIGHT work, but lets say you overclock, you won't get a higher overclock as if you had 24-pin, stince it's there for stability. Also, if your motherboard has both 8-pin EPS 12v, and 24-pin, and you're only using 4-pin and 20-pin, it's not recommended to overclock.

do you have any hard evidence for this?

Thermopylae_480 · Sep 2, 2006

Yeah, I question that too? A 20-pin with a seperate 4-pin ATX connector is the same as a straight 24-pin in my opinion. You plug them in differently, but it has the same effect. My motherboard and PSU allow both ways. I can either plug the 4-pin in next to the 20-pin thus creating a 24-pin; or plug the 20-pin in, placeing the 4-pin in its spot next to the processor. I've done it both ways and haven't noticed any ill effects? Of course I haven't put it through rigorous and comprehensive testing, but I haven't noticed any decrease in my overclocking potentials.

Canuto · Sep 2, 2006

I have a 20-pin with 4-pin ATX connector and i can oveclock just fine but like you said this MIGHT not work for other sytems, this is just proof i'm giving.

Dippyskoodlez · Sep 2, 2006

W1zzard said:
do you have any hard evidence for this?

I had actually run some tests using the 20 Vs 24 pin...

ANtec 350w 20 pin (smartpower)

20 pin+4pin on my DFI performed, and overclocked FINE. I could not over stress it with what I had (2500mhz winnie, x700).

I then modded my own 4 pin connector out of a molex and ran it.

NO difference.

I tried a 20->24pin adaptor.

NO difference.

Chipsets are yet to be reliant on the 24 pin PSU.(NF4+ATi x200, atleast) The only issue I had with mine was installing windows on my 20 pin, but I believe that was a one time fluke releated to my bios settings.

pt · Sep 7, 2006

Great guide :toast:

it will surely help a lot of ppl

Jimmy 2004 · Sep 7, 2006

Nice guide in general, guessing most people on the forums won't need a guide like this too much but it's good for some of the newer people and anyone who googles.

firly mcnasty · Sep 10, 2006

help wiring problems asrock 939 dual vista

having problem wire up power any 1 able to get better pic of power and reset my old board had more pins and im unable to hooh up 1 of lights or what have argggggggg
and is it posable that the power swich can just go ?

zekrahminator · Sep 10, 2006

You need to connect the headers as indicated in the awful MSPaint that took me about 3 minutes :laugh:

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Warning: ONLY CONNECT HEADERS LIKE THIS FOR 939Dual-SATA2! Plugging your case wires in like this on any other motherboard model probably won't work.
Note: I should have mentioned a reference point...the bottom of the motherboard is the bottom of the drawing, the PCI slots are to the left of the drawing, and the CPU is above the drawing.

firly mcnasty · Sep 10, 2006

cool thanks
i got it finily fired up but now it wont reconize keyboard our mouse so i cant install windows or mobo disk ahhhhhhhhhh

firly mcnasty · Sep 10, 2006

lil more help plz

i got it finily fired up but now it wont reconize keyboard our mouse so i cant install windows or mobo disk ahhhhhhhhhh
amd 939 3800
3 x 512
ati x1600pro 256

Jimmy 2004 · Sep 10, 2006

Have you got another keyboard you can try? Is it USB at the moment? PS2 normally works best when installing OSes or working in the bios, some USB devices aren't recognised. This may sound stupid but make sure they are plugged in correctly.

zekrahminator · Sep 10, 2006

Jimmy's right, you need to have at least a PS2 keyboard until you enable Legacy USB support in BIOS.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte sumthin-or-another, it's got an nForce 430
Cooling	Dual 120mm case fans front/rear, Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro, Zalman VF-900 on GPU
Memory	2GB G.Skill DDR2 800
Video Card(s)	Sapphire X850XT @ 580/600
Storage	WD 160 GB SATA hard drive.
Display(s)	Hanns G 19" widescreen, 5ms response time, 1440x900
Case	Thermaltake Soprano (black with side window).
Audio Device(s)	Soundblaster Live! 24 bit (paired with X-530 speakers).
Power Supply	ThermalTake 430W TR2
Software	XP Home SP2, can't wait for Vista SP1.

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Motherboard	ASUS Prime X470 Pro
Cooling	Arctic liquid freezer II 240
Memory	2 x 16 Gb Gskill Trident Z 3600 Mhz
Video Card(s)	MSI Ventus 3060 Ti OC
Storage	Samsung 960 EVO 500 Gb / 860 EVO 1 Tb
Display(s)	Dell S2719DGF
Case	Lian Li Lancool II Mesh
Audio Device(s)	Soundblaster Z
Power Supply	Corsair RM850x
Mouse	Logitech G703
Keyboard	Logitech G513
Software	Win 11

Processor	AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ Brisbane @ 2.8GHz (224x12.5, 1.425V)
Motherboard	Gigabyte sumthin-or-another, it's got an nForce 430
Cooling	Dual 120mm case fans front/rear, Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro, Zalman VF-900 on GPU
Memory	2GB G.Skill DDR2 800
Video Card(s)	Sapphire X850XT @ 580/600
Storage	WD 160 GB SATA hard drive.
Display(s)	Hanns G 19" widescreen, 5ms response time, 1440x900
Case	Thermaltake Soprano (black with side window).
Audio Device(s)	Soundblaster Live! 24 bit (paired with X-530 speakers).
Power Supply	ThermalTake 430W TR2
Software	XP Home SP2, can't wait for Vista SP1.

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Processor	I7-7700HQ
Memory	32GB DDR4
Video Card(s)	GTX 1050/1080 Ti
Storage	1TB SSD
Display(s)	2x Dell P2715Q/4k Internal
Case	Razer Core
Audio Device(s)	Creative E5/Objective 2 Amp/Senn HD650
Mouse	Logitech Proteus Core
Keyboard	Logitech G910

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Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E Gaming
Cooling	DeepCool Assassin II
Memory	16GB DDR4 Corsair LPX 3000mhz CL15
Video Card(s)	Zotac 1080 Ti AMP EXTREME
Storage	Samsung 960 PRO 512GB
Display(s)	24" Dell IPS 1920x1200
Case	Fractal Design R5
Power Supply	Corsair AX760 Watt Fully Modular

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Motherboard	DFI LanParty nf4 Ultra-D
Cooling	Thermaltake Big Typhoon
Memory	2x512MB GeIL
Video Card(s)	ATI Radeon X800XL
Storage	2x80GB Western Digital
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Audio Device(s)	Soundblaster
Power Supply	Ultra X-Finity 500 Watt

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Motherboard	MSI Gaming M5
Cooling	Noctua D15s, 5x 140mm Noctua Chromax, 1x 120mm Noctua Chromax, 2x 80mm Noctua fans
Memory	G. Skill Trident Z RGB series 3200mhz
Video Card(s)	ASUS STRIX GTX 1080
Storage	Samsung EVO 840 250gb SSD, Samung EVO PRO 256gb SSD, 2 TB WD Black Edition HDD.
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Power Supply	850w EVGA SuperNOVA G2 Gold PSU with individually sleeved black cables
Mouse	Logitech Wireless G403
Keyboard	Corsair Mechanical Gaming Keyboard
Software	Windows 10

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Motherboard	Asus P5Q-Pro LGA775
Cooling	Zalman CNPS9700
Memory	1024mbx2 Crucial Ballistix DDR800
Video Card(s)	XFX 9600GT
Storage	Seagate 7200.11 500GB
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Case	Gigabyte 3DAurora Black
Audio Device(s)	Creative X-Fi Extreme Gamer Faitality
Power Supply	OCZ GameXStream 500w

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Motherboard	Compaq Laptop Mobo
Cooling	Stock Compaq Laptop Fan
Memory	1x 256 DDR333
Video Card(s)	Radeon 200m
Storage	40GB 5200RPM HP
Display(s)	Stock Laptop LCD
Case	Laptop Case
Audio Device(s)	Onboard Realtek
Power Supply	Stock Laptop Powerbrick
Software	Windows XP Pro

Processor	Ryzen 7 5700X
Memory	48 GB
Video Card(s)	RTX 4080
Storage	2x HDD RAID 1, 3x M.2 NVMe
Display(s)	30" 2560x1600 + 19" 1280x1024
Software	Windows 10 64-bit

Processor	Pentium D 930 @3.6Ghz
Motherboard	Biostar 945P-A7A(8.0)
Cooling	Stock cooling, 1x92mm outtake fan
Memory	Infineon 2x512Mb DDR2-533 @641Mhz 4-4-4-12
Video Card(s)	Powercolor X550 512Mb Hipermemory @510/261Mhz
Storage	Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 200Gb
Display(s)	iMax 17" LCD
Audio Device(s)	Realtek AC'97 ALC655
Power Supply	LC Power 550w Silent Giant GREEN POWER
Software	Windows Vista Ultimate x86

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Motherboard	ASUS F3Ka (ATI RS690M)
Cooling	stock
Memory	Nanya 2x1GB ddr2 667@5-5-5-15-2T
Video Card(s)	ATI Mobility Radeon HD2600 512MB DDR2@ 580mhz/486mhz
Storage	160GB on laptop+250GB external
Display(s)	ASUS 15.4
Case	Asus Laptop F3Ka chassis
Audio Device(s)	on-board
Power Supply	1:30minutes battery
Software	"genui xp", 'cause i hated vista

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Processor	S754 AMD Athlon64 3200+ @ 2640MHz
Motherboard	ASUS K8N
Cooling	AC Freezer 64 Pro + Zalman VF1000 + 5x120mm Antec TriCool Case Fans
Memory	1GB Kingston PC3200 (2x512MB)
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Storage	500GB Western Digital SATA II + 80GB Maxtor DiamondMax SATA
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Case	Antec P182
Audio Device(s)	Audigy 4 + Creative Inspire T7900 7.1 Speakers
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